Awareness of the outside world. “Find in yourself what is beautiful and special and hold that up to the light so that you can see it clearly, and (so) can everyone else.” Bluesky, John Scalzi, @scalzi.com, January 13, 2025.
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Read last week. Stayed with me. The author is citing an article from The Chronicle of the Horse.
“Instead, she recommends finding what you are comfortable doing and build from there. I found this advice validating because that’s been my approach as an adult who mainly works on my own with my horses. Start where you’re comfortable until it gets boring, then add on from there until you’re back where you left off.” Amateur At Large: Truthful Tuesday, January 14, 2025
To repeat,
Start where you’re comfortable until it gets boring.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot.
Berating myself hasn’t been working. Although, in my case, I don’t think it’s fear as much as hating myself for going nowhere. Why yes, I am familiar with the concept of toxic productivity. Why do you ask?
Start where you’re comfortable until it gets boring.
I think it is a more approachable way of saying grant yourself grace.
Original article (I assume), TCOTH: No, You Don’t Have To ‘Push Through Your Fear’ In Order To Get Over It, Edgette, January 10, 2025.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
That is very good advice. I got to a point where I was comfortable but not bored, I had no desire to push further. Staying where you are because your are comfortable but bored, but afraid to move on, that’s something you have to decide for yourself.
Must politely disagree. The point is that fear is telling the person something. I think bored but afraid to move on is still a place of pressure and anxiety. The person hasn’t found a their comfort space. $0.02.
Valid point.